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My Grandfather's Demons 2022 star_border 6.1
Rosa's life, a highly valued professional, is turned upside down when her grandfather Marcelino dies.

The Girl Who Stood Still 2021
A child is lost from her mother and refuses to move from the same place. A policeman stops everyone else to make her move. The still girl and the policeman that guards her stop traffic and stir up the city’s hearts.

The Monkey 2021 star_border 6.3
In 1588, a castaway from the Spanish Armada, sent from Portugal by Philip II of Spain to conquer England, is captured on an Irish beach. There he is tried, declared guilty and hanged to death. All of this would be reasonable according to the laws of war and hatred among humans. The problem is the prisoner is a monkey.

Tocadora 2017 star_border 2
By mistake, she drinks the paintbrush water and turns into a drawing. From that point on, the world of everyday things and the world of creation dance around a cabinet. Inside it, each moment, each memory and each action become unique. As a book grows and becomes real, we follow the Tocadora in her creative process as the unfolding of an imaginary journey.

Darwin's Cave 2017
The transmission of knowledge between mothers and daughters

Ana - A Palindrome 2013
palindrome | adj. s. m. (Greek: palindromos, running back again) adj. s. m. adj. s. m. A verse or word or group of words which can be read from left to right or from right to left (Amor/Roma).

The Shoemaker 2011
A shoemaker wrapped up in memories of his life and the demands of his job, experiences a crucial moment in his existence. We accompany him through an enormous day in his life which will determine his future.

Dodu – The Cardboard Boy 2010
A cardboard boy makes-believe inside a cardboard box. Dodu, the cardboard boy, is very sensitive and lives in a city wich is really hostile towards little children. So he spends many hours indoors, playing with Carica, his ladybug friend. Whenever Dodu scratches the surface of the cardboard box, he is able to create wonderful worlds inhabited by unusual creatures that help him to deal with his emotions and how to grow.

The Eyes of the Lighthouse 2010 star_border 5
In a rocky island exposed to the elements, a lighthouse keeper lives alone with his daughter. From the top of his tower, the father keeps vigil to the horizon line and for the safety of the passing sails. With no other company, the girl develops a unique complicity with the sea, which brings her toys in the shape of debris on the shore. Following the rhythm of the waves, these objects will unveil previous events, memories that the tide cannot erase…

Desassossego 2010
Ivan has worked has a butcher all his life. His dream is to have a furniture shop, but he isn't sure he is brave enough to change now. The Butcher's is an old family tradition and has been passed from generation to generation, and it weighs on Ivan like destiny itself. He has a daily routine: a machine-like customer service, yet, on his free time, he starts to draw furniture involuntarily. As time goes by he wants to make more and more sketches but keeps getting interrupted by his costumers. The more he urges to draw, the more often he gets interrupted. The more he gets interrupted, the more frustrated he becomes. Ivan starts to project his displeasure on his customers until the day he decides to solve the matter.

A Journey to Cape Verde 2010 star_border 10
This is the story of a sixty day long walk in Cape Verde. No mobile phone, no watch, no plans for what to do next – only the bare essentials in the backpack. Out traveller explores the mountains, the villages, the sea, a talking tortoise, the goats, the music, the dry haze, the people of Cape Verde and an essential part of himself.

My Life in Your Hands 2009
A very well known Portuguese bullfighter arrives in Spain. El Matador will execute a long awaited "faena". His son, Pedrito, accompanied him in this trip. He dreams to one day become just like his father. However, just before the bullfight starts, between the backstage hustle and bustle Pedrito meets the bull that will be fought by his father. This moment will forever change the fate of all three characters.

Candid 2007 star_border 7
Candide never loved her. Manipulation is his favourite game.

Híssis 2003
At evening, Carlos disappears... Lea, Pedro and Rafa start looking for him, they search all around Sintra. Was already night time when there was just one place they didn't go... the Castle "dos Mouros". Even how frightened they were the start the walk, through the castle. At that time parents were already worried. It wasn't the first time a kid disappeared, a legend of a monster existed in Sintra... Híssis.

The Day Ewan McGregor Introduced Me to his Parents Release date not available
Marta has just turned 40 and is tormented by the idea of not being a mother. Suddenly her life has passed by without stopping a minute and she looks back to see what happened to all the time that’s already gone by. She hasn’t had a boring life, quite the opposite, but from the first kiss she was given to the last man that broke her heart, her life has been a collection of heartbreaks and attempts to seek happiness in others. But now she has made up her mind: her life is hers, her pleasure is hers, and as much as tradition tells her otherwise, she is going to do whatever the hell she wants.

Heart of Darkness Release date not available
Rio de Janeiro, near future. Marlow is a police officer assigned to a mission to find Captain Kurtz, a famous policeman who went missing in mysterious circumstances. Marlow has to do his mission in a boat, undertaking a dangerous journey through the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.